Improvement in gates



U. W. HARDY.

GATES.

Patented Aug.15,1876.

ATTORNEYS.

Unrrnn STATES PATENT C'FFIG'E.

URIAH W. HARDY, OF ALBION, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 81,071, dated August15, 1876; application filed May 27, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, URIAH W. HARDY, of Albion, county of Edwards andState of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Gate, of which thefollowing is a specification In the accompanying drawing, Figures 1 and2 represent side elevations of my improved gate, respectively in closedand open positions. Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical transverse sections ofthe same on lines 0 c and mm, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an inside view of thegatelocking post.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to an improved farmgate that may be readily openedand closed by a person on horseback, and from the seat of a vehicle; andthe invention consists of fulcrumed levers that extend alongside of theroad, and operate by rods, bars, cords or chains a folding and weightinggate. A separately-pivoted latch-piece at the upper part of the gatelocks into. the recessed post when the gate is lowered.

In the drawing, A represents the vertical supporting-post at one side ofthe road, and B the gate-locking post at the other side of the same. 0is a'i'olding and weighted gate that is made of horizontal rails andpivoted cross-pieces, the intermediate pivots being so constructed as topass through the horizontal rails and into the cross-pieces, but notthrough the same.

The upper horizontal piece is weighted at' the rear end in such a mannerthatthe gate may be readily tilted, on being started, into verticalposition, and carried back again into horizontal position for closingThe gate 0 is guided by a staple, a, or other device along a quadrantalguide-rod, b, at the lower part of the main post A. The upper horizontallatch-piece D of the gate is connected, by parallel pivot-links d, withthe gate, and carried into or released from the recess 0 of the end postB by the action of the raising and lowering mechanism.

The locking gate-post B has side guidepieces f, along which the gate isguided in its upward and downward motion.

The end of the latch-piece D is beveled to admit the ready entering andwithdrawing of the latch. The latch-piece D is connected by means of arigid rectangular elbow, g, and pivot-rod, bar, chain, or cord, 9, tothe rear ends of the levers E, that are fulcrumed to an inclined toppiece A of the main post A, and coupled at their rear ends by a link, 9to jointly operate the gate.

The supporting cross-piece A is rigidly attached to post Aand securelybraced to take up the strain exerted by the pivoted levers.

From the outer ends of the levers E are suspended ropes, rods, or chains0', which are readily taken hold of by the person on horseback, ordriver, to operate the gate.

The strain on the levers is transmitted by the rod 9 to the rigid elbowg of the latchpiece D, which is raised and strikes against the weight orstop.

The disposition of the intermediate raising and lowering apparatusbetween levers and latch-pieces is such that a pull on the outer end ofeither lover, when the gate is in closed position, produces, first, theunlocking of the gate, and then the drawing it up into vertical foldedposition alongside of supporting post A. When the gate rests in openposition, a pull on either lever raises the latch-piece, and draws thegate down so that it passes into horizontal position. The pulling of thelever imparts, in connection with the weight, a certain momentum to thegate, so that the same tilts into a vertical folding position. A pull onthe other lever, when the rider or the can riage has passed through theopened gate, exerts a reverse influence on the gate, and lowers the sameinto closed position. The latchpiece looks at the same time into therecessed opposite gate-post, so that the gate may be thus opened andclosed in reliable and automatic manner, in connection with the raisingand lowering of the same by the action of the person pullingthe levers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the tilting and folding gate, of the fulcruinedlevers E, the pivoted latch D, and the quadrantal guide, as and for thepurpose specified.

URIAH W. HARDY.

Witnesses:

T. TUCKER, WILL J. Q. ORANGE.

